# Confluent: Up to one year of Confluent Cloud with free product credits

- Status: live
- Category: Databases & backend
- Offer type: startup program
- Credit value: Up to one year of Confluent Cloud with free product credits
- Eligibility: Early-stage startups accepted into Confluent for Startups.
- How to claim: Apply on the Confluent for Startups page; questions go to startups@confluent.io.
- Claim URL: https://www.confluent.io/startups/
- Source URL: https://www.confluent.io/startups/
- Last verified: 2026-10-23T06:12:06-04:00 (Oct 23, 2026, 6:12 AM ET), HTTP 200
- Notes: The page doesn't state a dollar amount for the credits.

> Source quote (verbatim from the source page):
> "Run Confluent Cloud's fully managed Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink® service for up to one year with free product credits."

Page: https://perq.sh/offers/confluent-startups